Functional Safety Contract Job Trends in the North East

Functional Safety
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Functional Safety skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Functional Safety 0 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North East - - 0.93%
As % of the Systems Management category - - 10.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £475 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +34.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate - - £47.50
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £43.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - -9.47% -17.39%

All Systems Management Skills
North East

Functional Safety falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 92 67 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 18.18% 21.07% 9.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 46 18
10th Percentile £398 £333 £131
25th Percentile £400 £403 £139
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £501 £205
Median % change year-on-year -5.24% +144.51% -65.83%
75th Percentile £575 £574 £429
90th Percentile £603 £625 £532
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 5
10th Percentile £51.25 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - £46.18
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £47.50
75th Percentile £68.75 - £48.75
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £26.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year +107.55% -17.19% -40.93%

Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Functional Safety relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Functional Safety job vacancy trend in the North East

Functional Safety
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Functional Safety.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Functional Safety